My goal for this fall/winter is to learn the Brenizer method. So far it's be super tough but I think once I get outside more things will go easier (less straight lines to worry about).

Basically the idea is that you take a telephoto lens with a shallow depth of field and stitch together a bunch of photos as if it were a wide angle shot. It gets you the perspective of the wide angle but with all that creamy bokeh goodness.